Bicycle toe-clip



(No Model.)

G. W. COLE.

I BICYCLE TOE cm. No. 560,392. Patented May 19, 1896.

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GEORGE W. COLE, OF ASBURY PARK, NEW JERSEY.

BICYCLE TOE-CLIP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 560,392, dated May 19,1896. Application filed December 3, 1895. Serial No. 570,883. (Nomodel.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE IV. COLE, a citizen of the United States, anda resident of Asbury Park, in the county of Monmouth and State of NewJersey, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in BicycleToe-Clips, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in what are commercially known astoe-clips, which are used in connection with the treadles of bicycles.

I have illustrated my invention in the accompanying drawings, in whichlike letters refer to like parts. I

Figure l is a side view in elevation. Fig. 2 is a front view inelevation. Fig. 3 is a detailed view of the bracket that I employ.

Ais intended to represent the treadle of the bicycle, suitably journaledto a foot-crank,

(indicated as a.) a represents the axle of the treadle. Such treadlesusually consist of a square frame composed of the sides a and a and aand the axle a being journaled in the sides a and a B is a bicycletoe-clip made of wire bent into the configurations illustrated.Beginning with the point t the wire is preferably bent as indicated,forming the top or toe of the clip. Then it is twisted, as at b, andexpanded, as at b, to receive the toe of the shoe, and again the wiresare brought together, as at b and b and bent downwardly, as at 6 b andZagain bent upwardly to form the lugs b and (J is a bracket or brace. Ihave illustrated this in detail in Fig. 3. Its arms 0 and c are bentnearly at right angles. The arm 0 is provided with the slot 0 and thearm 0 is provided with the flanges c and c.

D is a bolt, and d and d are nuts adapted to cooperate with the saidbolt.

The wire toe-clip is manufactured in the usual manner, preferably by theuse of a machine adapted to form the configurations indicated. Thebracket 0 is then placed in the position indicated in Fig. 1, and theflanges c and c are folded over the wires which pass between the same ina manner to hold the wires firmly between such lips. The bolt D is thenintroduced through the slot 0 and through an aperture provided for thesame in the frame of the toe-clip a The clip is then adjusted so thatthe lugs b and 12 make contact with the under side of the frame of thetoe-clip a and the nuts cl and d are screwed on, thus fixing thetoe-clip in a permanent position.

I am aware that toe-clips have heretofore been made of wire bent intocertain configurations and affixed to the treadles of bicycles; but Ihave observed in all such toe-clips that several difficulties have beenencountered which make them impractical. One of these difiiculties isthat the wire has not sufficient strength to withstand the strain of thefoot bearing upon the same either in its downward or upward pressure. Toovercome this difficulty, I have provided the brace O,which grips thewires by the lips c and c and is secured to the frame of the treadle aby the bolt D and nuts d and d The lips c and 0 also serve to hold thewires together, obviating the necessity for the further twist of thewires, as at 6 which is usual in the construction of such wire clips.The arm 0 of the bracket 0 is also provided with the slot a for thepurpose of enabling the adjustment of the clip upwardly or downwardly,as the occasion may require. I also provide the lugs 12 and b at the endof the wire to add additional strength to prevent the clip from slippingupward in the event of the screw D becoming loose.

WVhat I claim is- 1. A bicycle toe-cli p made in the configuration shownin combination with the bracket provided with the flanges c and c andthe slot 0 substantially as described.

2. A bicycle toe-clip made of wire, bent in the configuration shown,with an opening to receive the toe and lugs b and b in combination withthe bracket having the flanges c and c, and the slot 0 substantially asdescribed.

Signed at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York,this 27th day of November, A. D. 1895.

GEORGE w. ooLE.

Witnesses:

JOHN W. LOVELAND, EMMA W. FINLAYSON.

